An off-duty law enforcement officer was killed Wednesday while working a side job at a Houston shopping mall when a suspect grabbed his firearm and fatally shot him, authorities said. The suspect was later killed as well. The gunfire occurred at the PlazAmericas Mall on the
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Clash between homeowner, protester sparked Portland shooting rampage
A protest against police violence was just getting underway when he shooting took place. Last year saw record-high numbers of shootings and 90 homicides in Portland. Authorities blame blame gang-related arguments, drug deals and disputes among homeless people for the increase in
Man Charged With Murder in Shooting at Protest in Portland
As they were working, she said, a man approached them and screamed that they were “violent terrorists,” repeatedly called them a misogynist vulgarity and accused them of being responsible for violence in the city. The women were about a block
Louisiana deputies arrested after fatally shooting man who honked horn
Two Louisiana sheriff’s deputies were fired and arrested on manslaughter counts after they shot and killed an unarmed man inside his car, which the Jefferson Parish sheriff said was “not justified.” Deputies Isaac Hughes and Johnathan Louis responded to a noise complaint
2 Louisiana Deputies Are Arrested and Fired After Fatal Shooting
“Unfortunately, the use of force in this situation was not justified,” Sheriff Lopinto said, while adding that he thought the shooting was “certainly not intentional.” The officers cooperated with an investigation, and body-camera video of the standoff, which has not
Florida officer conviction overturned in shooting of autistic man
An appeals court on Wednesday overturned the negligence conviction of a Florida police officer who in 2016 shot at an unarmed autistic man and hit his caregiver in the leg, and ordered a new trial. Former North Miami officer, Jonathan Aledda,
Prosecutors decline to bring charges against deputy in fatal shooting in California
According to the letter, written by an Assistant District Attorney in the office’s homicide unit, the deputies gave statements to investigators six days after the shooting. The letter was approved and signed by Spitzer. The sheriff’s department released an edited
One Person Is Killed in Grocery Store Shooting in Washington State
One person was killed and another person was injured in a shooting in a grocery store in Richland, Wash., on Monday morning, the authorities said. Police officers responded just after 11 a.m. to reports of a shooting inside a Fred
Oxford school district denies wrongdoing on day of mass shooting
Two months after a deadly mass shooting devastated an entire community, Oxford school officials, through their lawyer, denied engaging in any wrongdoing that day, maintaining their actions were “lawful” and “proper,” and that they’re immune from liability. “Defendants deny that they
Suspect who allegedly killed 2 officers in shooting at Virginia college charged with murder
Campus Police Officer John Painter and Campus Safety Officer JJ Jefferson were killed responding to emergency calls of a suspicious man at Bridgewater College, police said. The alleged gunman, identified by police as 27-year-old Alexander Wyatt Campbell, fled the campus
LA Police Kill 14-Year-Old Girl In Clothing Store Shooting
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Los Angeles police fatally shot a 14-year-old girl who was in a clothing store dressing room Thursday when officers fired on an assault suspect and a bullet went through the wall and struck the girl, authorities
Oxford school shooting suspect’s parents missed red flags: Prosecutor
A Thursday court filing alleges James and Jennifer Crumbley knew their son was depressed and heading down a dangerous and violent path, but they ignored his “troubling” texts and other red flags, failed to get him help and paid attention to their own
Dramatic Day Reveals Details About the Parents of a School Shooting Suspect
But Shannon Smith, one of the couple’s lawyers, told the judge that a fuller picture would come to light. “There is far more going on than what this court has been made aware of,” she said. During the proceeding, the
One person is dead after an accidental shooting at a 911 dispatch center in Kentucky
Kentucky State Police received a call around 1 a.m. from the Bell County Sheriff’s Department regarding two dispatchers in the Bell County 911 Center, the sheriff’s department said in a news release. The incident occurred when the two dispatchers were
Boulder King Soopers shooting suspect incompetent for trial
DENVER — A judge ruled Friday that a man charged with killing 10 people at a Colorado supermarket earlier this year is mentally incompetent to stand trial and ordered him to be treated at the state mental hospital to see